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May 25'23

Exercise

You are given the following results from a regression model.

Observation number (i) [math]y_i[/math] [math]\hat{f}(x_i) [/math]
1 2 4
2 5 3
3 6 9
4 8 3
5 4 6

Calculate the sum of squared errors (SSE).

  • -35
  • -5
  • 5
  • 35
  • 46

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ABy Admin
May 26'23

Key: E

Solution: SSE is sum of the squared differences between the observed and predicted values. That is,

[(2 − 4)2 + (5 − 3)2 + (6 − 9)2 + (8 − 3)2 + (4 − 6)2 ] = 46. 

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